Trump is absolutely a bully. He uses his position to intimidate and to belittle. Any middle schooler can tell you that bullying goes beyond knocking a kid down and taking his lunch money, and Trump has far transcended the meanest eighth-grader (an eighth grade girl even – boys are physical but female bullies are often diabolical).

The synonyms for bully (as a verb) are to persecute, oppress, tyrannize, browbeat, harass, torment, intimidate, strong-arm, dominate… that about sums up Trump. He’s a mouthpiece for people who feel that they have had no seat at the table. He’s their bullhorn. It’s horrifying. Chidi mentioned yesterday that he wants to know what will happen to Trump when all this is over; I’m too superstitious (read: I’m a Catholic from New Orleans) to speak of his defeat with such certainty.

Anyone who doesn’t agree with him or let him get his way. So you’re agreeing that he does browbeat, harass, torment, intimidate, and attempt to strong-arm and dominate? That’s his MO. It’s basically the premise of his book and his TV show. Heck, that’s his Twitter feed.

You don’t need to be a government official to be a bully. For recent examples of someone he’s tried to bully (browbeat, harass, whatever), scroll his Twitter feed. Cokie Roberts, Bill Kristol, the entire news team at MSNBC, the entire staff of the NY Times, everyone who is also running for president – we clearly don’t agree on what a bully is, and my eyes hurt from having to read the garbage Trump spews, but, yes, he’s a bully. The only thing he’s good for is proving my kids with an example of how one should never behave in public.

He’s in a position of authority in his business and it’s easy to believe he bullies there, and he is applying for another job with large authority, so even if you think he can’t really bully now, what about if he gets the job?

Trump is going to be the nominee. And what’s more, the rest of the GOP field and leadership is going to have to decide if they will pledge fealty to him. It’s going to be a riot and I’m pretty sure the party as it is won’t recover from it.